Agricultural Equipment Operator

Job description

Operate large farm equipment and machinery equipped with GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, moving, transporting, storing, and harvesting grain, oilseed crops and silage. Operate haying equipment for hay production of swathing, raking, baling, stacking. Assist with irrigation operation; mix and apply pesticides, load and unload equipment, chemicals, and fertilizers.

Scrape and collect manure from the cattle pens, load with loaders into haul trucks, transport manure to compost production area. Screen compost to remove rocks and other foreign material, load in trucks and haul to the field. Spread composted manure loaded into tractor-pulled spreaders. Level dirt and roads. Operate water trucks to settle dust. Move cattle from pen to field.d

Workers who are able to obtain a valid driver's license may be requested to operate employer-owned vehicles, and drive other H-2A workers between worksites.

Special Requirements

Employer paid, post-hire, at random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing required.